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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2010 Aug 15;178(3):475–479. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.11.002

Table 1.

Tasks in both the Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills (PASS) self-report and PASS observed task performance tools.

Functional Mobility Personal Care Cognitive IADL Physical IADL
Bed transfers Oral hygiene Shopping Cleanup after meal preparation
Indoor walking Dressing Bill paying by check Sweeping
Toilet transfers Checkbook balancing Carrying the garbage
Bathtub and shower transfers Mailing bills
Stair use Telephone use
Medication management
Obtaining critical information from a radio
Obtaining critical information from a newspaper
Small repairs
Home safety
Stovetop use
Use of sharp utensils
Playing bingo

IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. Holm, M.B., & Rogers, J.C. (2008). The Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills (PASS). In B. Hemphill-Pearson (Ed.), Assessments in Occupational Therapy Mental Health (2nd ed., pp. 101-110). Thorofare, NJ: SLACK.